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05/23/2026

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The Breathitt Co. Memorial Roll Call will be read on WJSN on Monday, May 25th just before or after 12 Noon.

05/22/2026

Breathitt County Memorial Roll Call

World War I
PVT Marion Adkins Kentucky NG
SGT George Baker U.S. Army
PVT George Brewer U.S. Army
PVT Charley Campbell U.S. Army
PFC Jesse Carpenter Kentucky NG
SGT Jesse Centers U.S. Army
PVT John Dale U.S. Army
CPL. Garfield Deaton U.S. Army
PVT James Fugate Kentucky NG
CPL William W. Gillum U.S. Army
PVT Jarrett Grigsby U.S. Army
2nd LT Willie Grigsby U.S. Army
PVT Roscoe Gross U.S. Army
PFC Charles B. Hall U.S. Army
S/C Edward G. Hargis U.S. Navy
PVT Robert W. Hill U.S. Army
CPL Joel Lee U.S. Army
PVT Curtis Linden U.S. Army
SGT South McIntosh U.S. Army
PVT James Noble U.S. Army
PVT Willie Oney U.S. Army
PFC Moore Riley Kentucky NG
SGT Price Roark U.S. Army
RCT Freddie Smith U.S. Army
PVT Ashford Watts Kentucky NG
PVT Samuel Wells U.S. Army
CPL Pearl G. Wireman U.S. Army
CPL Linden Wyatt U.S. Army

WWII
SGT William Adkins, Jr. U.S. Air Force
PFC Mitchell Amis U.S. Army
PFC Vernus Amis U.S. Army
PFC Earl Armstrong U.S. Army
PM3C George Arnett, Jr. U.S. Navy
Carl Arrowood U.S. Army
PVT George W. Arrowood U.S. Army
PVT Bill Back, Jr. U.S. Army
William B. Back U.S. Air Force
PVT Delbert Baker U.S. Army
Alfred Barnett U.S. Army
PFC Edward Barnett U.S. Air Force
PFC Roy H. Barnett U.S. Army
PFC Henry Bonar U.S. Army
PVT Everett R. Bowling U.S. Army
PVT Woodrow Bowling U.S. Army
MAJ Phillip Bress U.S. Air Force
PFC Vernon Buchanan U.S. Army
PFC Wayne Burchett U.S. Army
S/SGT Hubert R. Burnette U.S. Air Force
S/SGT Dunlow Campbell U.S. Army
PVT Marshall H. Carter U.S. Army
PFC James Centers U.S. Army
PFC James Clemons U.S. Army
S/SGT Thurman Clemons U.S. Army
PFC Nathan Cochran U.S. Army
PFC Donald L. Collier U.S. Army
PFC Herbert Colwell U.S. Air Force
PFC Carl Combs U.S. Army
PFC Dave Combs U.S. Army
PFC Haden Combs U.S. Army
SIC Loyd Combs U.S. U.S. Navy
SGT Reed Combs U.S. Army
CPL George D. Cornett U.S. Army
PFC George Costello U.S. Army
SGT Delmar B. Couch U.S. Army
SGT French Dunn U.S. Army
SGT Raymond B. Dunn U.S. Army
PVT Vard Eldridge U.S. Army
PFC Floyd Fraley U.S. Army
PVT Lloyd Fraley U.S. Army
PFC Ollie Francis U.S. Army
CPL Pott Francis U.S. Army
PVT Elias Fugate U.S. Army
S/IC Fred Fugate U.S. U.S. Navy
CPL Henry Clay Fugate U.S. Army
PFC Delmar Gabbard U.S. Air Force
PFC Earl Gabbard U.S. Army
PVT Luther A. Gayheart U.S. Air Force
PFC Oval Gillum U.S. Army
MSG Orville Gose U.S. Air Force
PFC Rader Gross U.S. Army
PVT Warren Gross U.S. Army
PVT William M. Gross U.S. Army
PVT Clyde Hardin U.S. Army
PFC Senior Hatton U.S. Army
PFC Woodrow W. Hayes U.S. Army
PFC Sam Henson U.S. Air Force
SIC Carl Holbrook U.S. U.S. Navy
1st LT Dan Stanley Hollan U.S. Army
PVT Price Holland U.S. Air Force
PVT James H. Hounshell U.S. Army
S/SGT Bertrum Howard U.S. Air Force
PFC Blackburn Howard U.S. Army
2nd LT John E. Howard U.S. Army
PFC Ollie J. Howard U.S. Army
PFC Raymond Johnson U.S. Air Force
PFC Hoyo King U.S. Army
PVT Roland S. Landrum U.S. Air Force
PVT John Lawson, Jr. U.S. Army
SGT Oscar Lewis U.S. Air Force
PVT George W. Little U.S. Air Force
PVT Gusta Little U.S. Air Force
CPL Lester R. Little U.S. Army
PVT Roy L. Little U.S. Army
PVT Willie Lovely U.S. Army
PFC Hollis Marr U.S. Army
CPL Richard J. McIntosh U.S. Army
S/SGT David Miller U.S. Air Force
PVT Daniel Moore U.S. Army
SGT Murray Moskowitz U.S. Air Force
SGT Charlie Napier U.S. Army
PFC Arnold Noble U.S. Army
PFC Green Noble U.S. Army
PFC Harless Noble U.S. Army
SGT Obed Noble U.S. Army
FIC Mervin E. Osborne U.S. Navy
PFC Fred L. Privett U.S. Army
PFC Willie Reynolds U.S. Army
PFC Blaine Riley U.S. Marines
PFC Earl R. Riley U.S. Army
PFC Raymond Riley U.S. Army
Hager Ritchie U.S. Army
PVT Shelton Ritchie U.S. Army
PVT Berry Roark U.S. Army
PVT Harlis Roberts U.S. Army
PFC Andrew Russell U.S. Army
PFC Wayne Russell U.S. Army
SGT Willard Russell U.S. Army
PVT Hubert Shouse U.S. Army
PFC Woodrow Sizemore U.S. Army
SGT Daley O. Spencer U.S. Air Force
PFC Dan Spicer U.S. Army
PVT Clay W. Stamper U.S. Army
PVT William E. Stanley U.S. Air Force
SGT James Stidham U.S. Air Force
PVT William J. Taylor U.S. Army
PFC Jimmie Todd U.S. Army
SGT Conley Trent U.S. Army
PFC Alex H. Turner U.S. Army
SGT Elmer J. Turner U.S. Army
PVT Jesse Turner U.S. Army
PFC Letch Turner U.S. Army
PVT James J. Vires U.S. Army
PVT Arnold Watts U.S. Army
CPL Joe Watts Jr. U.S. Army
DC Edwin P. Wiggin Merchant Marines
SGT Sammie Wilson U.S. Army

Korea
S/SGT Virgil Bach U.S. Army
PFC Ray L. Banks U.S. Army
SFC Cecil H. Burnett U.S. Army
PFC Harold R. Clark U.S. Army
PVT Richard Fugate U.S. Army
PFC Billy H. Gibbs U.S. Army
PFC Joe Gillum U.S. Army
SFC John F. Little, Jr. U.S. Army
PVT Edward Lovins U.S. Army
PVT Charles Neace, Jr. U.S. Army
CPT Brown Sebastian U.S. Army
CPL Logan Sebastian U.S. Army
PFC Lloyd D. Stidham U.S. Army
PFC Ishmael Watts U.S. Army

Vietnam
M/SGT John W. Brewer
S/SGT Pearl Bush U.S. Army
CPL Eddie D. Carpenter U.S. Army
SP4 Orville Caudill U.S. Army
William P. Centers U.S. Army
SP4 Clyde Cecil Collins U.S. Army
CPL Farrish Combs U.S. Army
SFC Ezekiel Fraley U.S. Army
SGT Owen R. Montgomery U.S. Army
SGT Bobby Gene Patrick U.S. Army
CPL James Price Spencer U.S. Army
PFC Marion Watkins U.S. Army
SP4 Floyd Watts U.S. Army

Iraq/Afghanistan
Estell Lee Turner

Non-Combat Active Duty
Jered Dale Little

05/17/2026

JACKSON, Ky. (May 17, 2026) – One man is deceased following a two-vehicle collision in Breathitt County. Kentucky State Police (KSP) received a call regarding the collision on Sunday, May 17, 2026, at approximately 1:51 a.m. on KY-15 in the Jackson community.

Troopers and emergency medical personnel responded to the scene. Preliminary investigation indicates that John Southwood, 41, of Lost Creek, was operating a 2010 Chevrolet Silverado northbound on KY-15 when the vehicle crossed the center line and collided with a southbound 2016 Ford F-450 Perry County Ambulance that was returning to its station.

Southwood was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Breathitt County Coroner’s Office. Two ambulance crew members were transported to Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center for precautionary treatment.

The investigation determined that Southwood was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the collision. Seat belts were in use by the other occupants involved. Toxicology results are pending, and an autopsy has been scheduled.

The collision remains under investigation and is being reconstructed by Trooper Branden Watts.

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05/09/2026

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05/09/2026

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04/23/2026

WATTS, Ky. (April 23, 2026) – Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 13 in Hazard is investigating a three-vehicle collision that claimed the lives of two people on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.

Troopers were notified of the crash at 11:13 a.m. on KY-15 in the Watts community of Breathitt County.

According to the preliminary investigation, a Dodge Avenger operated by Brandon Combs, 36, of Lost Creek, was traveling southbound when it crossed the center line into the northbound lane and collided head-on with a Toyota Camry driven by Deanna Noble, 30, also of Lost Creek. Following the initial impact, the Camry was pushed into the path of a northbound commercial motor vehicle, resulting in a secondary collision.

Both Combs and Noble sustained fatal injuries and were pronounced deceased at the scene by the Breathitt County Coroner’s Office. They were transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort for autopsies. Toxicology results are pending.

Investigators determined that Noble was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, Combs was not. The collision remains under investigation and is being reconstructed by Kentucky State Police Detective Scott Caudill.

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04/18/2026

Please post your 2026 Jackson High School prom photos here for possible publication in the Advocate. Enjoy your special day!
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04/18/2026

Please post your 2026 Breathitt High School prom photos here for possible publication in the Advocate. Enjoy your special day!
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04/14/2026